Concurrent
Session |l



10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Concurrent Session |l

A New Age of Activism
22 Fenway, Room 204

The 2016 presidential campaign brought to the surface a

dramatic level of discontent with the status quo. Both of

the major party candidates drew negative ratings in public

opinion surveys. Some said that efforts during the campaign

to present an alternative, from within the Democratic party

and later from outside it, were obstructed by a combination

of party-imposed rules and media practices. This panel

will discuss how popular discontent has been denied full

expression. In order to become effective, it will need to

create new spaces, new forces, new institutions, which will

also need to embody a higher sense of common purpose

than has been defined. This panel session will explore

what we can do, as artists and as citizens, to contribute to

this process.

—Presented by: Victor Wallis, James Bradford, Linda Chase,
Matt Jenson, Teodros Kiros, Beth Platow, Marc Rossi, and
Adam Szetela

Pl aiga gl Ulipelaspn.
—Hosted by: Rebecca Marchand

Students with Nonmusic Careers: What Are,

and Aren’t, We Doing Well?
22 Fenway, Room 314

This session will share insights from personal interviews with
more than 50 Berklee graduates who have careers outside
the music industry regarding their careers and their thoughts
on their Berklee education. The presenter will showcase his
findings about these individuals: who they are, what they
did, what they thought Berklee did well, and what they wish